diff --git a/features/Water Effects/Shaders/WaterEffects/WaterCaustics.hlsli b/features/Water Effects/Shaders/WaterEffects/WaterCaustics.hlsli
index caa6b41bf9..15e889f927 100644
--- a/features/Water Effects/Shaders/WaterEffects/WaterCaustics.hlsli	
+++ b/features/Water Effects/Shaders/WaterEffects/WaterCaustics.hlsli	
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ namespace WaterEffects
 			float2 causticsUV1 = PanCausticsUV(causticsUV, 0.5 * 0.2, 1.0);
 			float2 causticsUV2 = PanCausticsUV(causticsUV, 1.0 * 0.2, -0.5);
 
-			const float3 causticsHigh =
-				(causticsFade > 0.0) ? (min(SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV1, dispersionOffset), SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV2, dispersionOffset)) * 4.0) : 1.0.xxx;
+			float3 causticsHigh = 1.0.xxx;
+			if (causticsFade > 0.0)
+				causticsHigh = min(SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV1, dispersionOffset), SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV2, dispersionOffset)) * 4.0;
 
 			causticsUV *= 0.5;
 			dispersionOffset *= 0.5;
@@ -47,10 +48,11 @@ namespace WaterEffects
 			causticsUV1 = PanCausticsUV(causticsUV, 0.5 * 0.1, 1.0);
 			causticsUV2 = PanCausticsUV(causticsUV, 1.0 * 0.1, -0.5);
 
-			const float3 causticsLow =
-				(causticsFade < 1.0) ? (min(SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV1, dispersionOffset), SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV2, dispersionOffset)) * 4.0) : 1.0.xxx;
+			float3 causticsLow = 1.0.xxx;
+			if (causticsFade < 1.0)
+				causticsLow = min(SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV1, dispersionOffset), SampleCausticsDispersion(causticsUV2, dispersionOffset)) * 4.0;
 
-			const float3 caustics = lerp(causticsLow, causticsHigh, causticsFade);
+			float3 caustics = lerp(causticsLow, causticsHigh, causticsFade);
 			return lerp(1.0.xxx, caustics, shoreFactorCaustics);
 		}